What pissed you off today?

aishah · 05-04-2012, 09:55 PM

army wives recently started portraying an interracial lesbian couple on the show a few episodes ago, and the backlash has been terrible. as a queer, a partner of two veterans, and somebody who goes to a christian church, reading the kinds of comments people have made is just...fucking wrong and hurtful. it's okay for my butch partner to risk his life, have his shoulder shattered while serving as a medic in iraq, and still suffer from ptsd years later, but god forbid he have a loving relationship with someone. the problem is the majority of the show's viewership is conservative, white, and christian, and the backlash will probably get it shut down in another season. (it doesn't help that they've also portrayed a latin@ couple and a black adopted kid born with hiv this season either.... there's been a lot of "i don't watch this show to see that kind of shit" comments about that, too.) i'm just angry. i'm angry at "christians" who are anything but christian. i'm angry that it's okay for queer and trans service members to risk their lives and sometimes give their lives for a bunch of fucking bigots, but god forbid queers have rights. god forbid we be portrayed as normal military families on television. i mean think of the children who'll be infected by seeing our queerness.

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05-04-2012, 09:55 PM	#11
aishah Member How Do You Identify?: queer stone femme shark baby girl Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, little one Relationship Status: dating myself. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 1,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,823 Thanked 6,442 Times in 1,288 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	army wives recently started portraying an interracial lesbian couple on the show a few episodes ago, and the backlash has been terrible. as a queer, a partner of two veterans, and somebody who goes to a christian church, reading the kinds of comments people have made is just...fucking wrong and hurtful. it's okay for my butch partner to risk his life, have his shoulder shattered while serving as a medic in iraq, and still suffer from ptsd years later, but god forbid he have a loving relationship with someone. the problem is the majority of the show's viewership is conservative, white, and christian, and the backlash will probably get it shut down in another season. (it doesn't help that they've also portrayed a latin@ couple and a black adopted kid born with hiv this season either.... there's been a lot of "i don't watch this show to see that kind of shit" comments about that, too.) i'm just angry. i'm angry at "christians" who are anything but christian. i'm angry that it's okay for queer and trans service members to risk their lives and sometimes give their lives for a bunch of fucking bigots, but god forbid queers have rights. god forbid we be portrayed as normal military families on television. i mean think of the children who'll be infected by seeing our queerness.